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LMP2
Lower down the LMP2 category, Capillaire's earlier spin has brought him down to eighth in the class. Behind him, the two Dragonspeeds have swapped places, and Hanley in the #27 has passed Timothe Buret in the #21.
LMP1
After Kobayashi stopped, Hartley reclaimed the lead for the #8. But Kobayashi's lapping quicker, so he'll begin to put pressure on the lead car.
GTE PRO
Porsche now occupies fifth and sixth in GTE Pro, although there's a huge gap of 1m20s between Vanthoor in #92 and Makowiecki in the sister #91, which has Bathurst 12 Hour winner Jules Gounon in the Risi Ferrari giving it bother. Segal has vacated the WeatherTech car for the car's patron Cooper MacNeil who, as a Silver, isn't up to the level of the factory drivers.
LMP2
Tung's stop will now bring Owen into the lead, who has gapped Gonzalez by about 10s. Tereshchenko has now charged up to third in class too, as it seems he's passed Hanson.
GTE PRO
Daniel Serra - a Le Mans winner with Aston in 2017 - is now closing in on Tincknell in the battle for second. Sure enough, Bird has turned the screw and extended his advantage to 6.4s out front.
LMP2
Tung, leading the LMP2 class in that Jackie Chan DC Racing car, has now come into pit - so he'll drop to around sixth or seventh in his category.
LMP1
Kobayashi and Menezes come in to pit too, remaining relatively on-sync.
GTE PRO
The GTE Pro lead battle continues to ebb and flow as now Bird cycles back to the lead in the #71 car which, if you remember, led briefly with Miguel Molina at the wheel earlier. He's 4.7s ahead of Ticknell - who is still learning the Vantage, where Bird has several years of experience under his belt - so this could be where Ferrari begins to assert itself.
LMP1
Romain Dumas comes in for a stop, bringing the #3 Rebellion in. It's in no-man's land really - not close enough to the #1, but the ByKolles is several laps down.
GTE AM
Now the top two in GTE Am come in - Ten Voorde had built up an impressive 33s lead over Yoluc prior to the stops.
If we're going to make any wishes for next year's Le Mans, it would be to see a team of Philipp Eng, Tomas Enge and Maro Engel. Team owners, make it so.
GTE AM
It's very busy down at Aston as Augusto Farfus now takes over the former GTE Am leading #98 car from Dalla Lana - the two are old friends for 15 years, with Dalla Lana's wife heralding from the same part of Brazil as long-time BMW factory man Farfus
GTE PRO
Now Sorensen comes in with the #95 WEC points-leading Aston to hand over to Richard Westbrook - another refugee of the Ford GT programme that came to an end last year. The ultra-versatile Westbrook has driven for almost every manufacturer going in his GT career - from Porsche to Chevrolet, Ford and BMW - but never before with Aston Martin. Let's see how he goes.
LMP2
Rusinov, who didn't pit during the slow-zone period a few laps ago, now comes in. Mikkel Jensen takes over, and this will give Tung the lead of the class.
LMP1
Just a second's difference that time, however - Kobayashi's lead is currently at 50s.
LMP1
Now Hartley's cut the gap to Kobayashi, although his last lap was four seconds slower than that of his Toyota stablemate.
GTE PRO
Now here comes Martin in from the lead of GTE Pro, Harry Tincknell jumping in for his first race stint as an Aston Martin driver after spending the last four years with Ford. Alessandro Pier Guidi continues out on track for the time being and therefore takes the lead.
LMP2
Here's Owen then, down the inside of Gonzalez for third in class. Gonzalez jumped Owen in the stops, but the United Autosports driver reclaims that top-three berth.
GTE PRO
But that battle is swiftly put on pause as Bird comes in to pit. Still, the two Ferraris had closed up nicely on Martin, just 2.5s between the Belgian's #97 Aston and Pier Guidi in second place.
GTE PRO
The two AF Corse Ferraris are nose to tail at the moment, with Sam Bird piling the pressure on Alessandro Pier Guidi in the battle for second in GTE Pro.
GTE PRO
Fortunately for Vanthoor, he emerges just ahead of the WeatherTech car which continues to frustrate Lietz - so the time loss behind that car has now cost it a pitstop to the sister car.
LMP1
Now that Hartley has stopped again, Kobayashi is now over a minute up the road in the lead.
Pit stop
Several GT cars take the opportunity to pit during the slow zone, including the main beneficiaries of Blomqvist's woe - Collard and Cressoni - who were running third and fourth. Laurens Vanthoor meanwhile has jumped aboard the #92 Porsche previously driven by Michael Christensen.
LMP2
Multiple LMP2 cars use the slow-zone to make their stops. Rusinov takes over the class lead, with Tung second. Gonzalez gets out ahead of the #32 United Autosports car, of which van Uitert has handed over control to Will Owen.
GTE AM
We didn't note it earlier, but Tom Blomqvist made an unscheduled stop from third in GTE Am and is now recovering in eighth. Ten Voorde's lead over Yoluc stands at 19s.
LMP2
That's Capillaire! He's had a spin exiting the Porsche Curves and has caught the gravel. He reverses out, but all of the work Allen did earlier in that car has been thrown away.
LMP2
That's why we had the slow zone - it seemed that the G-Drive by Algarve car of Nick Tandy crunched into the back of someone.
Slow Zone
We've got a slow zone on the start-finish line, to clear some debris.
LMP1
For ByKolles fans, the car does seem to be back on track again after that alternator issue. Webb is still in control.
GTE PRO
Meanwhile in the #91 Porsche that started from pole, Richard Lietz is still stuck behind Jeff Segal's WeatherTech Ferrari in P8, unable to pass the 2016 GTE Am class winner. Painful afternoon so far for the Austrian.
LMP2
Stevens finally gets out of the #37 car, handing over to Ho-Pin Tung. This should hand the class lead over to van Uitert, who has pulled away from Jota's Gonzalez.
LMP1
Kobayashi has pitted from the lead, but seems to have retained his position ahead of Hartley.
GTE PRO
We've not given you a GTE Pro update lately, but that's largely because it's largely as you were - although Martin lost 2s on the last tour, reducing his advantage over Pier Guidi to 6.4s.
GTE AM
Oh, and Ten Voorde has gotten back to the lead ahead of Yoluc again after that delay in the pits and is pulling away once again. Good stint this from the Dutch 23-year-old, who is currently leading the Porsche Supercup standings.
GTE AM
Sure enough, Dalla Lana is shuffled back a few places by the flotilla of pro-driven Ferraris as Blomqvist, Collard and Cressoni move up to third, fourth and fifth places respectively.
Pit stop
Dumas is in with the #3 Rebellion, currently fourth in class. Menezes pits on the following tour.
LMP1
Reports of an alternator issue with the ByKolles car, which still keeps it grounded in the pits. It's the CLM P1/01's final Le Mans, and the team didn't want it to go like this.
LMP2
Rusinov appears to have leapfrogged Hanson in those stops, as Capillaire beat the pair away from the pits.
GTE AM
Ten Voorde is quickly closing the gap to Yoluc though, gaining 2s last time around. There's a good battle brewing for third too, with Blomqvist closing on Dalla Lana, but also bringing Collard and Cressoni along with him in a train of menacing-looking Ferraris.
LMP2
That trio now comes in to pit, which will promote Stevens back into the lead. He's been in the car for three hours and shows no signs of tiring.
By: Jake Boxall-Legge
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